Regular Meeting Minutes – April 18, 2011
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
APRIL 18, 2011
6:30 P.M.
Community Open Forum: 6:30 – 6:45 P.M.
This scheduled meeting of the Board of Education of the School District of Sheboygan Falls was held on Monday evening, March 28, 2011, in the High School Library at Sheboygan Falls High School. Board Vice-President, Tom Bigler, called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M.
Present: Mr. Tom Bigler, Vice President
Mr. Christopher Lacey, Treasurer
Mrs. Victoria Bramstedt, Clerk
Mrs. Sandy Seifert, Clerk Pro-Tem
Mr. Peter Geise
Mrs. Linda Adams
Mrs. Julie Hahn, Board Secretary
Absent: Mr. John Mauer, President
M/S/Bramstedt/Lacey to approve the agenda as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Lacey to approve the minutes of March 28, 2011 Board Meeting as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Lacey/Seifert to approve the accounts for March, 2011, as prepared. Motion Carried Unanimously. Expenditures for March, 2011, were $1,514,726.83. Receipts for March, 2011, were $2,755,838.46.
Administrative Reports:
John Phelps, High School Principal; Meloney Markofski, Middle School Principal; and Jean Born, Director of Instruction gave their monthly reports to the Board. Kellie Manning, Elementary School Principal; and Ann Roy, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services’ reports were included in the board packets.
Committee Reports:
Personnel/Mauer/Bramstedt/Seifert: Nothing to report.
Public Relations/Seifert/Geise/Adams: Will set up a meeting for next week.
Policy/Bramstedt/Mauer: Nothing to report.
Finance/Bigler/Lacey/Geise: Met and discussed purchasing cards, new phone system of which three options have been explored, and had an overview of the current and upcoming budgets. Tom Bigler received a call from the city of Sheboygan Falls and they advised that they had monies available if we had energy projects we could implement and use the monies for. Through work with Mary Blaha, Director of Business Services, and Len Burzynski, Facilities Manager, they got quotes on new light fixtures in the aquatic center, changing the pump motors in the pool, and replacing the lights in the elementary gym. These three main projects will be what the monies will be used towards. We would like to thank Joel Tauschek from the City of Sheboygan Falls for making us aware of these available monies.
Facilities/Bigler/Lacey/Adams: Met with Tony Klockow, Community Task Force Facilitator, who reported on the recent meeting and he will address the board later in the meeting. Facility charges were also discussed.
Rec Board/Seifert: Met last week and Fred Brown will report later in the meeting.
CESA #7/Bigler: Meeting on May 11th.
WASB/Seifert/Adams: Tomorrow is the new board member regional meeting in New Holstein. Sandy Seifert and Linda Adams will be attending and other members are invited to join them.
Legislative/Wessel: Met with the legislators this morning. The governor’s budget bill is being thoroughly reviewed. Expansion of the school choice and the Milwaukee voucher programs were also discussed. The legislators expressed concern over the low numbers of attendees at the recent public meetings held throughout the state regarding finance.
Sheboygan Falls School Foundation/Geise: Meeting on April 26th. Possible discussion will include: revalidate or redo the mission or objective of the foundation.
H.S. Site Council/Bramstedt/Phelps: Meeting with Bemis next week regarding the recycling project we will be joining in on. Report on the no shoe to school day. Talked about school safety and trying to implement the one door entrance open into the school starting next school year. Also that door will be monitored by staff. School beautification was also addressed.
M.S. Site Council/Seifert/Markofski: Did not meet.
Elem. Site Council/Bigler/Manning: Kellie was absent and unable to report.
Tony Klockow, Community Task Force Facilitator, and Members of the Community Task Force presented a project report which details the findings from the recent Community Task Force which was formed to study the current facilities and our needs for the future. The task force met a total of 10 times over a period of 3 months. The committee also toured all three schools as part of the study. The committee came up with suggestions and options needing the move forward. Overall, the findings of the task force support the findings of the recent EUA study that was done. Board members had time to ask committee members and Tony questions that they had as a follow-up.
M/S/Seifert/Geise to approve the gift of $2000 to the Sheboygan Falls Aquatic Center from the Jaycees as presented with thanks. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Fred Brown, Recreation and Aquatic Director, gave his Recreation Department Annual Report. Rate increases for the programs was the biggest change this year. Fred shared participation numbers within the programs that are currently offered this year and how they compare to last year’s numbers.
The Administrative Team presented to the Board the district Organizational Chart. The organizational chart was tabled until the May meeting for approval as they will be looking into a couple areas of question.
M/S/Adams/Seifert to accept the resignations of Laurel Joa, Part-time Elementary Art Teacher, and Aaron Bray, Middle School Chinese Teacher, with thanks for their service to the district. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Mary Blaha, Director of Business Services, presented to the board the proposed changes to the breakfast/lunch/milk prices for the 2011-2012 school year. M/S/Seifert/Bramstedt to approve the increases in the 2011-2012 breakfast/lunch/milk prices as presented. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/Yes, Seifert/Yes, Lacey/Yes, Bigler/Abstain, Bramstedt/Yes, Adams/Yes. Motion Carried 5/Yes, 1/Abstain.
Mary Blaha, Director of Business Services, presented the 2011-2012 budget.
M/S/Bramstedt/Adams to Adjourn into Executive Session per Wis. Stats. 19.85(1)(c)(f) to discuss possible 2011-2012 staffing levels and to further develop a negotiating strategy with respect to the impact of the Budget Repair Bill on School District Collective Bargaining Contracts. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/Yes, Seifert/Yes, Lacey/Yes, Bigler/Yes, Bramstedt/Yes, Adams/Yes. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Lacey to return to open session. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Return to open session. No Action Taken.
M/S/Seifert/Adams to adjourn. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Adjournment @ 9:46 P.M.
Minutes taken by Julie M. Hahn, Board Secretary
Approved by the Board of Education on May 16, 2011
Victoria Bramstedt, Board Clerk
Regular Meeting Minutes – March 28, 2011
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 28, 2011
6:30 P.M.
Community Open Forum: 6:30 – 6:45 P.M.
This scheduled meeting of the Board of Education of the School District of Sheboygan Falls was held on Monday evening, March 28, 2011, in the High School Library at Sheboygan Falls High School. Board President, John Mauer, called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M.
Present: Mr. John Mauer, President
Mr. Tom Bigler, Vice President
Mr. Christopher Lacey, Treasurer
Mrs. Victoria Bramstedt, Clerk
Mrs. Sandy Seifert, Clerk Pro-Tem
Mr. Peter Geise
Mrs. Linda Adams
Mrs. Julie Hahn, Board Secretary
M/S/Geise/Lacey to approve the agenda as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Adams to approve the minutes of February 21, 2011 Board Meeting as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bigler/Geise to approve the accounts for February, 2011, as prepared. Motion Carried Unanimously. Expenditures for February, 2011, were $1,545,012.67. Receipts for February, 2011, were $3,356,232.87.
Administrative Reports:
District/Dave Wessel: Zac Deprey, Technology Specialist, has submitted his resignation and given his two week notice. We will be posting this position in the near future. Dave also informed the board of a letter that he wrote today advising a parent of the procedure that needs to be followed to be put on the board agenda.
John Phelps, High School Principal; Meloney Markofski, Middle School Principal; Kellie Manning, Elementary School Principal; Ann Roy, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services; and Jean Born, Director of Instruction gave their monthly reports to the Board.
Meloney Markofski reported that Tammy Gerend, 8th Grade Science Teacher, was recently awarded the WSST (Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers) Excellence in Science Education Award. The award is given annually to a person who has made outstanding contributions to the improvement of science education in Wisconsin. Congratulations Tammy!
Committee Reports:
Personnel/Mauer/Bramstedt/Seifert: Met and discussed the transition of the new superintendent.
Public Relations/Seifert/Geise/Adams: Will set up a meeting in the near future.
Policy/Bramstedt/Mauer: Addressed in the meeting later.
Finance/Bigler/Lacey/Geise: Nothing to report.
Facilities/Bigler/Lacey/Adams: The Community Task Force will have their last meeting March 29th. On April 6th, Tony Klockow, Facilitator, will be reporting to the facilities committee.
Rec Board/Seifert: Meeting held March 9th. Please note that updated Recreation fees for programs and passes are posted online.
CESA #7/Bigler: Nothing to report.
WASB/Seifert/Adams: Linda, Peter and Sandy attended a “Day at the Capitol” on March 16th and reported that it was very informative. Our participants had a chance to meet with Senators Kestell and Leibham and had an opportunity to ask questions, along with other area schools.
Legislative/Wessel: Last Monday’s meeting was rescheduled to Monday, April 4th. Tom Bigler asked that at the next meeting that Dave address the recent change in employment hours per year before requiring a contribution to WRS, Wisconsin Retirement System. Tom would like to see that restored back to 600 hours from the new 400 hours.
Sheboygan Falls School Foundation/Geise: The foundation has met and everyone in attendance has recommitted to continue their participation in the foundation.
H.S. Site Council/Bramstedt/Phelps: Met and discussed a barefoot day at school, proposed by high school student Jordyn Voland. This would be a day where students will go barefoot for the day, bring extra shoes to school, and donate their shoes to the needy. Other topics were recycling ideas with the help of Bemis, and bullying.
M.S. Site Council/Seifert/Markofski: Met and discussed the Veterans Day program, whether or not to continue the program, and if continuing, how to make it more meaningful. They also talked about the master schedule.
Elem. Site Council/Bigler/Manning: Discussed the Jaycees donation and decided the money would be used for playground equipment and the garden area. Other topics included the newsletter which is done monthly and posted on the website, and the 4th Grade students will be doing an egg hunt in April.
Jim Madden, representing the Sheboygan Falls baseball, basketball, soccer and wrestling associations, approached the board on the reduction of facility use fees from the “B Rate” to the “A Rate” when the above associations are using the gyms and fields. The facilities committee, along with Mary Blaha, will have to look at current operating costs, do some research, and will report back to the associations in May.
M/S/Bigler/Seifert to approve the contract for Jean Born as the new district superintendent. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Adams/Lacey to approve personal leave without compensation for Andrea Anderson as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Graig Stone, Middle School FBLA Advisor and Kyle Bernhoft, High School FBLA Advisor, reported on their recent event competitions. March 26th, Middle School students placed 3rd among middle school chapters and 8th overall in our region. February 5th, our High School students competed as a chapter at the FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) Regional Conference and 12 students qualified for the State Conference in April. Abby Mauer, middle school student reported on her experience with FBLA, and Joe Reiter, high school student, reported on the FBLA goals, fundraisers, and what they are doing to attain those goals. Congratulations to all of the competitors.
Ann Roy, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services, Meloney Markofski, Middle School Principal, and middle school teaching staff, Renee Moldenhauer, Juliana Flavin, and JulieAnn Jarentowski, gave a presentation on Read 180. This program will give students an opportunity to improve their reading skills in a shorter period of time and also address the need at an earlier stage of education.
M/S/Geise/Lacey to approve the gift of $4500 to the District from the Jaycees as presented. $1500 will be used at each building. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Seifert/Adams to approve the gift of $10,277 to the District from the Booster Club as presented. The contribution will cover the baseball field fencing, bulletin board for tennis, soccer balls and nets for girl’s soccer, baseball batting helmets, and a pitching machine with cart for fast pitch softball. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bigler/Seifert to approve the final reading of NEOLA Medication Administration Policy Update as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Seifert/Bramstedt to accept to accept the retirement letters from Keith Binversie, H.S. Social Studies Teacher, Fredrick Brown, H.S. Physical Education Teacher/Recreation and Aquatic Director, William Davis, H.S. Science Teacher, Patrick Doughman, H.S. Art Teacher, Martin Gross, Computer Technology Specialist, Shelley Haas, Early Childhood Teacher, Jill Harmelink, Speech Therapist, Diane Hoerth, Elementary Art Teacher, Dawn Hogue, H.S. English Teacher, Daniel Juedes, H.S. Physical Education Teacher, Deborah Klock, Elementary Grade 2 Teacher, Bernard McKichan, H.S. World Language Teacher, Michael Schade, H.S. Special Education Teacher, Mary Schaefer, Elementary Grade 4 Teacher, Heather Schneider, Elementary Grade 3 Teacher, Janice Westphal, H.S. Mathematics Teacher, as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Mary Blaha, Director of Business Services, reviewed the food service, debt service, and community service budgets.
M/S/Bramstedt/Geise to APPROVE 58 open enrollment applications received from students who are requesting to attend school in Sheboygan Falls in the 2011-2012 school year under Open Enrollment guidelines and to DENY 3 applications based on not age eligible, student currently expelled, or because the student’s special education evaluation has not taken place. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Adams/Seifert to APPROVE 67 applications received from Sheboygan Falls students who are requesting to attend school in surrounding districts in the 2011-2012 school year under Open Enrollment guidelines and to DENY 0 applications as we have received the tuition costings from the non-resident districts and they do not exceed the Open Enrollment State Aid Adjustment amount for the year and there were no expulsion records to report. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Dave Wessel gave a short analysis and background on past open enrollment numbers and participation in open enrollment in our district.
M/S/Bramstedt/Lacey to Adjourn into Executive Session per Wis. Stats. 19.85(1)(c)(f)(e) to discuss consideration of a specific personnel request involving an employee of the School District and to develop a negotiating strategy with respect to the impact of the Budget Repair Bill on School District Collective Bargaining contracts. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/Yes, Seifert/Yes, Lacey/Yes, Mauer/Yes, Bigler/Yes, Bramstedt/Yes, Adams/Yes. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Seifert to return to open session. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Return to open session.
M/S/Bramstedt/Seifert to grant Marty Gross 1.8 years of single heath and single dental insurance at the rate that the district currently pays to the HRA, the same group that the other two administrators are in. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/No, Seifert/Yes, Lacey/No, Mauer/Yes, Bigler/No, Bramstedt/Yes, Adams/No. Motion Did Not Carry, 4/No, 3/Yes.
M/S/Bigler/Seifert to adjourn. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Adjournment @ 10:57 P.M.
Minutes taken by Julie M. Hahn, Board Secretary
Approved by the Board of Education on April 18, 2011
Victoria Bramstedt, Board Clerk
Regular Meeting Minutes – February 21, 2011
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
FEBRUARY 21, 2011
6:30 P.M.
Community Open Forum: 6:30 – 6:45 P.M.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Education of the School District of Sheboygan Falls was held on Monday evening, February 21, 2011, in the High School Library at Sheboygan Falls High School. Board President, John Mauer, called the meeting to order at 6:32 P.M.
Present: Mr. John Mauer, President
Mr. Tom Bigler, Vice President
Mrs. Victoria Bramstedt, Clerk
Mrs. Sandy Seifert, Clerk Pro-Tem
Mr. Peter Geise
Mrs. Linda Adams
Mrs. Julie Hahn, Board Secretary
Absent: Mr. Christopher Lacey, Treasurer
M/S/Geise/Seifert to approve the agenda as printed with the exception of removing item #8 and #9 from the agenda. M/S/Seifert/Geise to reschedule item #8 and #9 to the March 28th board meeting. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Bigler to approve the minutes of January 24, 2011 Board Meeting as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bigler/Seifert to approve the accounts for January, 2011, as prepared. Motion Carried Unanimously. Expenditures for January, 2011, were $1,758,764.55. Receipts for January, 2011, were $3,267,679.54.
Administrative Reports:
District/Dave Wessel: Dave Wessel did not report as he was unable to attend tonight’s meeting.
John Phelps, High School Principal; Kellie Manning, Elementary School Principal; Ann Roy, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services; and Jean Born, Director of Instruction gave their monthly reports to the Board.
Meloney Markoski, Middle School Principal’s report, was included in the board packets.
Committee Reports:
Personnel/Mauer/Bramstedt/Seifert: Will update on a task given in executive session.
Public Relations/Seifert/Geise/Adams: Nothing to report.
Policy/Bramstedt/Mauer: Will be addressed later in the agenda, NEOLA policies.
Finance/Bigler/Lacey/Geise: Nothing to report.
Facilities/Bigler/Lacey/Adams: Met and discussed with local architect Jennifer Lehrke, her tour of the middle school, and task force update.
Rec Board/Seifert: Met on Feb. 9th, Sandy Seifert supplied the board with the recreation department minutes from that meeting.
CESA #7/Bigler: Nothing to report.
WASB/Seifert/Adams: WASB’s Governance and Leadership Development has created an advisory committee of board members to assist in the development of new programming and we are pleased to report that Sandy Seifert has been appointed to the committee.
Legislative/Wessel: Legislative Breakfast did not meet this morning due to the weather and school closings.
Sheboygan Falls School Foundation/Geise: Foundation is set to meet on February 23rd, 2011.
H.S. Site Council/Bramstedt/Phelps: Did not meet.
M.S. Site Council/Seifert/Markofski: Did not meet.
Elem. Site Council/Bigler/Manning: Did not meet.
Ann Roy presented to the board for approval an overnight trip for the Falcon Academy students, along with Jason Peters and Mike Kobelski, Special Education Teachers, to Fox Lake, WI. M/S/Seifert/Geise to approve the overnight trip to Fox Lake from May 17-20, 2011 as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
John Phelps, high school principal, requested that the board approve a FBLA Community Fundraiser Activity to be held on Sunday, March 13, 2011. M/S/Geise/Seifert to approve the fundraiser activity as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously
M/S/Adams/Bramstedt to approve a leave request for personal leave without compensation for Laurie Born as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Geise to approve the first reading of NEOLA Medication Administration Policy Update as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Seifert to approve the final reading of NEOLA Policy Updates as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bigler/Bramstedt to approve the proposed changes to the 2010-2011 budget as presented by Mary Blaha, Director of Business Services. Motion carried unanimously.
The 2011 Summer School programs for the district were discussed.
Open enrollment discussion was tabled to the March meeting.
M/S/Bramstedt/Bigler to Adjourn Into Executive Session Per Wis. Stats. 19.85 (1)(c)(f) to discuss preliminary consideration of a specific personnel issue involving an employee of the School District. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/Yes, Seifert/Yes, Mauer/Yes, Bigler/Yes, Bramstedt/Yes, Adams/Yes. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bigler/Seifert to return to open session. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Return to open session. No action taken.
M/S/Bigler/Geise to adjourn. Motion carried Unanimously.
Adjournment @ 8:16 P.M.
Minutes taken by Julie M. Hahn, Board Secretary
Approved by the Board of Education on March 28, 2011.
Victoria Bramstedt, Board Clerk
Regular Meeting Minutes – January 24, 2011
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
JANUARY 24, 2011
6:30 P.M.
Community Open Forum: 6:30 – 6:45 P.M.
This scheduled meeting of the Board of Education of the School District of Sheboygan Falls was held on Monday evening, January 24, 2011, in the High School Library at Sheboygan Falls High School after the regularly scheduled board meeting was postponed on Monday, January 17th due to weather. Board President, John Mauer, called the meeting to order at 6:31 P.M.
Present: Mr. John Mauer, President
Mr. Tom Bigler, Vice President
Mr. Christopher Lacey, Treasurer
Mrs. Victoria Bramstedt, Clerk
Mrs. Sandy Seifert, Clerk Pro-Tem
Mr. Peter Geise
Mrs. Linda Adams
Mrs. Julie Hahn, Board Secretary
M/S/Geise/Bramstedt to approve the agenda as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bigler/Bramstedt to approve the minutes of December 20, 2010 Board Meeting as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bigler/Geise to approve the accounts for December, 2010, as prepared. Motion Carried Unanimously. Expenditures for December, 2010, were $2,641,993.55. Receipts for December, 2010, were $2,728,837.88.
Administrative Reports:
District/Dave Wessel: Dave attended the legislative breakfast last Monday and reported that the Regional Planning Initiative participants have put together specific recommendations that they assembled which address funding issues. Dave handed out a copy of the recommendations and Sandy Seifert added that the last page incorporated a resolution. Board and administrators were asked to read the publication. Sandy Seifert also requested that Dave Wessel supply the Full Board with a copy of the Legislative Breakfast subcommittee reports. The health insurance study committee will be meeting next week.
John Phelps, High School Principal; Meloney Markofski, Middle School Principal; Kellie Manning, Elementary School Principal; Ann Roy, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services; and Jean Born, Director of Instruction gave their monthly reports to the Board.
Mary Blaha, Director of Business Services, was recently awarded the Certified Administrator of School Finance and Operations certification by the Association for School Business Officials International.
Committee Reports:
Personnel/Mauer/Bramstedt/Seifert: Met today and items will be discussed later in executive session.
Public Relations/Seifert/Geise/Adams: Meeting January 27th.
Policy/Bramstedt/Mauer: Will be addressed later in the agenda.
Finance/Bigler/Lacey/Geise: Met and it was reported that Mary Blaha is getting started with the budget for next year.
Facilities/Bigler/Lacey/Adams: The newly formed task force committee had its “kick-off” meeting last Tuesday and will be meeting again tomorrow, Tuesday, January 25th, in the cafeteria with the selected facilitator. The committee hopes to report back to the board around the end of March.
Rec Board/Seifert: Dave attended the meeting and the discussion focused on the rescinded weight room fee and the increased recreation department fees. The next Rec Board meeting is scheduled for February 9, 2011.
CESA #7/Bigler: Nothing to report.
WASB/Seifert/Adams: Sandy contacted the WASB expressing interest in an advisory group they are forming which would be a good opportunity for input at the state level, all board members were encouraged to participate.
Legislative/Wessel: Covered in Dave’s District Report above.
Sheboygan Falls School Foundation/Geise: Nothing new to report.
H.S. Site Council/Bramstedt/Phelps: Met and brought in three new parents and two students, each representing different grade levels. Discussion included research in playing music during passing periods in the halls.
M.S. Site Council/Seifert/Markofski: Did not meet in January.
Elem. Site Council/Bigler/Manning: Talked about character posters- Above the line/Below the line and themes. A composite of all school pictures is in the hall right outside the office.
Bernard McKichan, High School German teacher, is requesting to escort nine of our high school German students to Germany next summer, on or about June 10-30, 2011. M/S/Seifert/Bigler to approve the trip to Germany next June, 2011 as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Ken Liebenstein, High School Fishing Club Advisor, is requesting the board’s approval of the annual summer fishing club trip to Ontario, Canada, July 15-23, 2011. M/S/Bigler/Seifert to approve the fishing club trip to Canada next July, 2011 as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Lacey to approve the final reading of Open Enrollment Policy Updates as presented. Motion carried Unanimously.
M/S/Lacey/Seifert to approve the first reading of the NEOLA Policy Updates, with the exception of 1213, 3213, 4213, 5330, 5500, 7540, 7540.03, 7540.04, and 7540.05, as presented. Motion carried Unanimously.
Mary Blaha, Director of Business Services, reported on the 2011-2012 preliminary budget.
M/S/Bramstedt/Adams to Adjourn Into Executive Session Per Wis. Stats. 19.85 (1)(c),(e),(f), to Discuss/Review status of Superintendent Search Process. Preliminary consideration of a specific personnel issue involving an employee of the School District. Preliminary discussion of 2011-12 staffing levels and individual teaching assignments. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/Yes, Seifert/Yes, Lacey/Yes, Mauer/Yes, Bigler/Yes, Bramstedt/Yes, Adams/Yes. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Lacey to return to open session. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Return to open session. No action taken.
M/S/Geise/Adams to adjourn. Motion carried Unanimously.
Adjournment @ 9:59 P.M.
Minutes taken by Julie M. Hahn, Board Secretary
Approved by the Board of Education on February 21, 2011
Victoria Bramstedt, Board Clerk
Regular Meeting Minutes – December 20, 2010
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 20, 2010
6:30 P.M.
Community Open Forum: 6:30 – 6:45 P.M.
Dan Setzer, 651 Leavens Avenue, Sheboygan Falls, addressed the board regarding our current football program and the future/direction of the program.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Education of the School District of Sheboygan Falls was held on Monday evening, December 20, 2010, in the High School Library at Sheboygan Falls High School. Board President, John Mauer, called the meeting to order at 6:49 P.M.
Present: Mr. John Mauer, President
Mr. Tom Bigler, Vice President
Mrs. Victoria Bramstedt, Clerk
Mr. Christopher Lacey, Treasurer
Mrs. Sandy Seifert, Clerk Pro-Tem
Mr. Peter Geise
Mrs. Linda Adams
Mrs. Julie Hahn, Board Secretary
M/S/Bigler/Adams to approve the agenda as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Bramstedt to approve the minutes of November 15, 2010 Board Meeting as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Lacey to approve the accounts for November, 2010, as prepared. Motion Carried Unanimously. Expenditures for November, 2010, were $1,487,065.60. Receipts for November, 2010, were $444,191.24.
Administrative Reports:
District/Dave Wessel: Reported on the holiday programs this week.
John Phelps, High School Principal; Meloney Markofski, Middle School Principal; Kellie Manning, Elementary School Principal; Ann Roy, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services; and Jean Born, Director of Instruction gave their monthly reports to the Board.
A highlight during high school administrative reports was a Robotics presentation put on by three high school students, Jon Schad, Nate Bramstedt and Joe Reiter, along with the help of Technology Education Teacher Ed Hughes.
Committee Reports:
Personnel/Mauer/Bramstedt/Seifert: Met and items will be discussed in executive session.
Public Relations/Seifert/Geise/Adams: Met on Nov. 19th with marketing specialist, Mark O’Brien and reviewed the communication plan in detail and discussed the vision.
Policy/Bramstedt/Mauer: Have not met.
Finance/Bigler/Lacey/Geise: Have not met.
Facilities/Bigler/Lacey/Adams: A vision statement will be presented for full board approval later in the meeting. A facilitator has been identified for the community taskforce committee. This committee will look at the results of the feasibility study.
Rec Board/Seifert: Discussed the weight room fee as there was opposition and the usage fee was rescinded. Rate increases for the aquatic center will go into effect in January as a way to increase revenue to fund services provided.
CESA #7/Bigler: Nothing to report.
WASB/Seifert/Adams: Repeat of Legislative items discussed.
Legislative/Wessel: Items discussed at today’s Legislative Breakfast included the prevailing wage, the property tax levy credit, Supt. Tony Evers Fair Funding for the Future.
Sheboygan Falls School Foundation/Geise: Met with Foundation members and discussed the next step in setting up a meeting to clarify the purpose and also the role of members of the foundation.
H.S. Site Council/Bramstedt/Phelps: Met for the first time. The focus of this meeting was put on formulating bylaws and how to proceed with future meetings.
M.S. Site Council/Seifert/Markofski: Met and discussed where they are with their goals. No meeting in January. Sneak Peak in February.
Elem. Site Council/Bigler/Manning: Met and topics included feedback on the yearbook/cover, Above the Line/Below the Line posters, and the elementary school’s new photographer has put together a composite of the entire school and staff to be displayed in the entrance at the elementary school.
Rebecca Bartels and Bernard McKichan, German teachers in our District, outlined the request for 13 of our German students to attend an immersion trip April 15-17th, 2011. M/S/Lacey/Geise to approve the German trip to Bemidji, MN from April 15-17, 2011 as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Discussed was the newly implemented weight room fee. The fee has since been reversed and students refunded their $25.00 membership fee.
M/S/Lacey/Adams to approve the final reading of Board Policy 6640: State Tournament Attendance as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Seifert to approve the first reading of the NEOLA Open Enrollment Policy Updates as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
M/S/Bigler/Lacey to accept the gift of $2,200 from the Kohler Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of funding our robotics program, as presented, with gratitude. Motion carried unanimously.
M/S/Seifert/Lacey to continue to table the resolution opposing the continuation of the school levy credit distribution method as presented. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/No, Seifert/No, Lacey/Yes, Mauer/No, Bigler/No, Bramstedt/No, Adams/No. 6 No/1 Yes. After further discussion it was decided that members would rather amend the resolution than table it again.
M/S/Bigler/Geise to amend the resolution opposing the continuation of the school levy credit distribution method as presented with the exception of removing the paragraph regarding the Homestead Tax Credit Program. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/Yes, Seifert/Yes, Lacey/Yes, Mauer/Yes, Bigler/Yes, Bramstedt/Yes, Adams/Yes. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Collin Kachel, Technology Education Teacher, presented on the new course regarding Technology, and Jean Born, Director of Instruction, presented on the new AP Language and Composition class. Neither course will have staffing impact on the budget.
M/S/Lacey/Geise to approve the new high school course, Girls, Gumption, and Technology (Intro to Tech for Girls). Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Adams/Lacey to approve the course, AP Language and Composition. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Mary Blaha, Director of Business Services, presented on the 2011-2012 Budget Calendar.
The March 2011 meeting has been rescheduled for March 28th,2011, as the 3rd Monday of March falls during spring break this year.
The Facilities Committee presented their Facilities Vision Statement for the Sheboygan Falls School District to the full board. M/S/Bigler/Lacey to approve the Facilities Vision Statement. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Lacey to Adjourn Into Executive Session Per Wis. Stats. 19.85(c)(d)(e) to discuss Administrative Contracts, Preliminary Performance Review, and Possible Rollover of these Contracts. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/Yes, Seifert/Yes, Lacey/Yes, Mauer/Yes, Bigler/Yes, Bramstedt/Yes, Adams/Yes. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Bramstedt to return to open session. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Return to open session.
M/S/Lacey/Bramstedt to roll over administrative contacts for Mary Blaha, Director of Business Services, Jean Born, Director of Instruction, Ann Roy, Director of Special Education & Pupil Services, John Phelps, High School Principal, Luke Goral, High School Associate Principal/Athletic Director, Meloney Markoski, Middle School Principal and Kellie Manning, Elementary School Principal. A roll call vote was taken. Geise/Yes, Seifert/Yes, Lacey/Yes, Mauer/Yes, Bigler/Yes, Bramstedt/Yes, Adams/Yes. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Lacey/Seifert to adjourn. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Adjournment @ 10:35 P.M.
Minutes taken by Julie M. Hahn, Board Secretary
Approved by the Board of Education on January 24, 2011
Victoria Bramstedt, Board Clerk
Regular Meeting Minutes – November 15, 2010
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
NOVEMBER 15, 2010
6:30 P.M.
Community Open Forum: 6:30 – 6:45 P.M.
Peggy Heili addressed the board on the search for the new district administrator. She and her husband, Mike Heili, were pleased with the search process and the selection of the current high school principal, John Phelps, and want to make sure that the same process is followed with the search for the upcoming superintendent as they were part of the committee that selected the current high school principal. Committees consisting of community, parents, teachers, etc. should be considered. A response to her questions will be prepared and posted on the website.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Education of the School District of Sheboygan Falls was held on Monday evening, November 15, 2010, in the High School Library at Sheboygan Falls High School. Board President John Mauer called the meeting to order at 6:41 P.M.
Present: Mr. John Mauer, President
Mrs. Victoria Bramstedt, Clerk
Mr. Christopher Lacey, Treasurer
Mrs. Sandy Seifert, Clerk Pro-Tem
Mr. Peter Geise
Mrs. Linda Adams
Mrs. Julie Hahn, Board Secretary
Absent: Mr. Tom Bigler, Vice President
A roll call vote was taken.
M/S/Geise/Bramstedt to approve the agenda as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Lacey to approve the minutes of the October 25th, 2010 Regular Board Meeting as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Seifert to approve the accounts for October, 2010 as prepared. Motion Carried Unanimously. Expenditures for October, 2010 were $1,593,511.38. Receipts for October, 2010 were $98,255.76.
Administrative Reports:
District/Dave Wessel: Fair Funding for the Future was rolled out today. This is a plan presented by the state superintendent regarding funding which has been made a public issue.
John Phelps, High School Principal; Meloney Markofski, Middle School Principal; Kellie Manning, Elementary School Principal; Ann Roy, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services; and Jean Born, Director of Instruction gave their monthly reports to the Board.
Committee Reports
Personnel/Mauer/Bramstedt/Seifert: Met tonight, one issue will be addressed in executive session later tonight and another issue will be reported on later in the meeting as it is an agenda item.
Public Relations/Seifert/Geise/Adams: Continuing to work on the Framework for the Sheboygan Falls School district communications plan.
Policy/Mauer/Bramstedt: Item to be discussed later.
Finance/Bigler/Lacey/Geise: Meeting for this week was cancelled.
Facilities/Bigler/Lacey/Adams: Met tonight with the administration and wanted their perspective on the buildings incorporating the results of the feasibility study. The feasibility study gave the board a good look at the community perspective. The committee will look at a long range plan which will incorporate community members.
Rec Board/Seifert: Nothing to report.
CESA #7/Bigler: Nothing to report.
WASB/Seifert/Adams: Did not report.
Legislative/Wessel: Met at UW Sheboygan and listened to a presented on the Wisconsin Way. Legislators were in attendance of which 3 members of the joint finance committee are from Sheboygan County.
Sheboygan Falls School Foundation/Geise: Peter Geise reported that work continues on invigorating the committee and the school involvement.
Site Councils:
Elementary: Topic: The green space in front of the elementary school and how to properly maintain it continues to be an issue, with summer being especially hard to maintain that area. Summer School courses will be offered to revamp that area with the help of the Master Gardeners club who will give guidance.
Middle School: Met and discussed MAP training. Brainstorming on the breakfast program as participation has been sporadic and not consistent. Possible solutions and problem solving with site council’s help has improved this.
High School: Did not meet again this month.
Jake Frohling, Middle School teacher and co-coach of junior varsity baseball, addressed the board with proposals of renovating the current baseball diamond and wanted the board to be informed. A powerpoint of the current field conditions along with safety concerns were addressed, along with the plan the baseball association hopes to implement to improve the current overall condition. Members of the association will meet with administration, the athletic director, the recreation director, and the director of buildings and grounds before they proceed with their plan.
Ann Roy, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services, along with Laura Garofalo, English Language Tutor and Doriann Meicher, English Language Learner Teacher, presented on ELL programming and equal access for these students. All districts have legal requirements to provide equal access for these students across the district as in the last 5 years our numbers have grown from 13 to 64 ELL students.
M/S/Bramstedt/Seifert to approve the first reading of Board Policy: State Tournament Attendance as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
M/S/Lacey/Seifert to table the resolution to the December meeting as several board were uncomfortable signing off on this resolution without further information. Motion carried unanimously.
Review of Technology Update that was provided at the November 1, 2010 Special Board Meeting. Adams inquired into progress with an administrative directive for online course management, stating she had been told that was the appropriate format for handling the management of online courses. The board asked that she work with Jean Born on this issue.
M/S/Seifert/Geise to table the Facilities Vision Statement and Update on Follow-up to the Feasibility Study until the December Meeting. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Seifert to approve the 2010-2012 master contract agreement with the Sheboygan Falls Educational Support Staff Association as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
John Mauer addressed the complications of the board receiving mail that comes to them unsigned. The board will put together a statement on how to properly follow the chain of command in addressing issues that involve the board needing to react or act on items. It is hard to respond to a letter when you do not know who wrote it. Follow up is impossible. A letter to the editor will be published by the board on how to properly address issues of concern.
M/S/Geise/Lacey to Adjourn Into Executive Session Per Wis. Stats. 19.85(c)(d)(e) to discuss Administrative Contracts, Preliminary Performance Review, and Possible Rollover of these Contracts. Also discuss status and strategy in support staff collective bargaining, superintendent search and certain individual contract issues. A roll call vote was taken. Mauer/yes, Bramstedt/yes, Lacey/yes, Seifert/yes, Geise/yes, Adams/yes. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Bramstedt to return to open session. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Return to open session. No action taken.
M/S/Geise/Lacey to adjourn. Motion carried Unanimously.
Adjournment @ 11:41 P.M.
Minutes taken by Julie M. Hahn, Board Secretary
Approved by the Board of Education on December 20, 2010
Victoria Bramstedt, Board Clerk
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Regular Meeting Minutes – October 25, 2010
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
October 25, 2010
6:30 P.M.
Community Open Forum: 6:30 – 6:45 P.M.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Education of the School District of Sheboygan Falls was held on Monday evening, October 25, 2010, in the High School Library at Sheboygan Falls High School. Board Vice-President, Tom Bigler, in the absence of John Mauer, called the meeting to order at 6:32 P.M.
Present: Mr. Tom Bigler, Vice President
Mrs. Victoria Bramstedt, Clerk
Mr. Christopher Lacey, Treasurer
Mrs. Sandy Seifert, Clerk Pro-Tem
Mr. Peter Geise
Mrs. Linda Adams
Mrs. Julie Hahn, Board Secretary
Absent: Mr. John Mauer, President
A roll call vote was taken.
M/S/Geise/Lacey to approve the agenda as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Seifert/Geise to approve the minutes of September 9th, September 20th and October 12th, 2010, Board Meetings as printed. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Adams/Lacey to approve the accounts for September, 2010 as prepared. Motion Carried Unanimously. Expenditures for September, 2010 were $1,592,833.36. Receipts for September, 2010 were $1,591,196.71.
Administrative Reports:
District/Dave Wessel: Next Board Meeting is November 15, 2010. Several Board Members along with Dave Wessel attended a CESA 7 meeting on Monday night in Sheboygan which addressed common core state standards.
Luke Goral, Associate High School Principal; Meloney Markofski, Middle School Principal; Kellie Manning, Elementary School Principal; Ann Roy, Director of Special Education and Pupil Services; and Jean Born, Director of Instruction gave their monthly reports to the Board.
Committee Reports
Personnel/Mauer(John Mauer excused himself and is replaced by Peter Geise for Support Staff negotiations)/Bramstedt/Seifert: Support staff negotiations will be going to mediation November 2nd.
Public Relations/Seifert/Geise/Adams: Met on Oct. 8th, Consultant Mark O’Brien met with the PR team to help them develop a format for a district wide communication plan.
Policy/Mauer/Bramstedt: Nothing to report.
Finance/Bigler/Lacey/Geise: Will be addressed later in the agenda as their last meeting addressed the approval of the upcoming budget.
Facilities/Bigler/Lacey/Adams: Three houses behind the tennis courts had been having trouble with rain coming into their back yards. That area had been address and repaired.
Rec Board/Seifert: Met and talked on financing, the budget and ways to increase the revenue.
CESA #7/Bigler: Nothing to report.
WASB/Seifert/Adams: Same event as Legislative Breakfast.
Legislative/Wessel: Met last Monday at UW Sheboygan and topics included the Wisconsin Way.
Sheboygan Falls School Foundation/Geise: Peter Geise reported he has met with Terry Van Engen regarding the financial status of the Foundation and with Steve Schmitt on how to revitalize the foundation. Grant writing and fund raising volunteers will be solicited.
Site Councils:
Elementary: Met and talked about the butterfly garden out front of the elementary school. This project has slipped due to no one managing it, so the problem was addressed. Peter Geise suggested that we open this up to community volunteers. Sandy Seifert suggested that we check with the master gardener.
Ann Roy was excused and left the meeting.
Middle School: Traffic situation is better this year. Building goals, read 180, map testing and breakfast program were addressed.
High School: Did not meet.
Luke Goral left the meeting.
M/S/Bramstedt/Seifert to approve the final reading of the summer 2010 NEOLA Policy Updates as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
M/S/Geise/Seifert to accept the gift of a 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan from Sheboygan Chevrolet, to the Falcon Academy, with gratitude and thanks. Motion carried unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Lacey to approve the unpaid personal leave of Linda Gross for the days of November 3,4,5 and 8th, 2010, as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Bramstedt/Lacey to approve the contract of Erin Doede, Elementary/Middle School Counselor, as presented. Motion Carried Unanimously.
M/S/Lacey/Seifert to approve the Recreation Department and Aquatic Center Wednesday and Sunday programs as submitted by Fred Brown, Recreation Director. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Mary A. Blaha, Director of Business Services, outlined the 2010-2011 budget which is being brought to the Board for final adoption tonight. M/S/Geise/Lacey to adopt the 2010/2011 budget with the exception of amending the initial tax levy proposal of $8,359,261.00 to $8,330,261.00. A roll call vote was taken. Bigler/yes, Bramstedt/yes, Lacey/yes, Seifert/yes, Geise/yes, Adams/yes. Motion Carried 6/0.
M/S/Geise/Lacey to certify the 2010/2011 levy in the amount of $8,330,261.00 as amended and presented in the 2010/2011 budget. A roll call vote was taken. Bigler/yes, Bramstedt/yes, Lacey/yes, Seifert/yes, Geise/yes, Adams/yes. Motion Carried 6/0.
M/S/Seifert/Lacey to adjourn. Motion Carried Unanimously.
Adjournment @ 7:55 P.M.
Minutes taken by Julie M. Hahn, Board Secretary
Approved by the Board of Education on November 15, 2010.
Victoria Bramstedt, Board Clerk